Heat stress effects on farrowing rate in sows: Genetic parameter estimation using within-line and crossbred models

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2109-2119

  Bloemhof, S ^a,b   Kause, A ^b,d   Knol, E F ^a   Van Arendonk, J A M ^b   Misztal, I ^c  

^a TOPIGS Research Center IPG   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Crossbreds; Farrowing rate; Genotype x environment interaction; Heat tolerance; Purebred crossbred correlation; Sows

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEAT; HYBRIDIZATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84882678550     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2011-4650     Document Type: Article

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